Have you read Mark Zuckerberg’s post about the changes coming to Facebook in 2018? I’m both impressed and depressed: On the one hand, I am impressed by his courage to be so transparent about the changes he intends to make to the platform. Facebook is a multi-billion dollar company that companies rely on to reach…
Archives for January 2018
Pick One Big Idea for Your Talk and “Show Don’t Tell”
Before speaking at an event, I try to watch or listen to a great speaker while I get ready in the morning. This weekend I watched and listened to Seth Godin’s keynote at the ConvertKit conference as I got ready for my own keynote later that morning. What I enjoyed most about the presentation was…
A Simple Process for Setting Bigger Goals
This week I sat down to set goals for the new year. After reading a few people’s year-in-review posts, I realized that while I have and re-read daily my long-term mission and visions, I have not set annual goals in a very long time. So, I sat down to come up with a few performance…
Ray Dalio’s 5-Step Process for Getting What You Want Out of Life
The biggest lesson from Ray Dalio’s Principles book is that failure leads to learning which leads to success. Success is an evolutionary process that starts with trying something new, experiencing pain, and learning from it. This formula summarizes it best: Pain + Reflection = Progress He goes even further than this with a 5-Step Process…
Personal Productivity: Principles vs. Procedures
Ray Dalio’s book, Principles, is having a big influence on me. I am enjoying the process of writing out my own principles in an Evernote document I have labeled “@Principles.” Years ago I started doing something similar with procedures. I started documenting the step-by-step checklists I used to accomplish recurring tasks. For example, when I…
